Riverside and River Family Health Teams in regulatory acts of the Ministry of Health - Brazil
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34019/1809-8363.2025.v28.44071Keywords:
Primary Health Care, Family Health Strategy, Interdisciplinary Health Team, Universal Access to Health Services, Health of Specific GroupsAbstract
The aim was to identify the central topics of the regulatory acts referring to Riverine Family Health and Riverine Family Health teams and Riverine Basic Health Units. This is a documentary study carried out in three stages: 1) search of regulatory acts of the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the National Council of Municipal Health Departments; 2) thematic categorical analysis; 3) interpretation/reflection. A total of 108 ordinances were accessed, and most of them were directed at Riverine Basic Health Units. The number of ordinances increased over the period. The analysis is divided into two categories: “From invisibility to visibility of riverine populations”; and “Proposals for Riverine Family Health and Riverine Family Health teams and Riverine Basic Health Units”. The regulatory content addressed team composition, work arrangements, and financing, and aimed to accredit and qualify municipalities to receive financial incentives, change team types, establish criteria for registration in information systems, and suspend financial incentives. The conclusion is that the 2011 Brazilian National Primary Care Policy constituted a timeframe for visibility and the possibility of guaranteeing access to the right to health for riverside populations. The discontinuity of financial transfers proves to be an obstacle that must be overcome.




